with this talk about liddle hull design....

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i did a search to try and find exactly what makes one different from a normal surfboard, and cant seem to find an answer?

what exactly is different about the board, the way it rides, etc etc?

i looked at liddle’s website, and it said that its about full-rail, both foot kinda turning, for more down the line surf… but couldnt find actual design stuff…

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I don’t quite know what your talking about, but try www.cisurfboards.com than click on 'surfboards then shortboards than tri plane hull and shaping video.

Josh.

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Low rockered s-deck with blended tri-plane hull and wide point ahead of center. Thin foiled high aspect ratio volan flex fin. Pick a point impossibly far down the line, lean and the board will deliver.

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The Merrick and the Liddle have nothing in common. The Channel Islands board is using tri-plan CONCAVES and is designed to be driven from the tail.

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Here`s a few links that will get you started… enjoy!

http://www.liddlesurfboards.com/origins.html

http://www.allaboutsurf.com/0305/articles/sixfeet/index.php

http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=91296;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=118073;search_string=transitional%20displacement%20hulls;#118073

http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=131477;search_string=transitional%20displacement%20hulls;#131477

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here’s one designed by some bloke george someone or other… anybody ever heard of him ? [the guy who threw it out obviously hadn’t!!]

s-deck, 50/50 weird rails, big flexy fibreglass fin , and a hull bottom. Hard board for me to surf, but I definately want to persevere with it. Rob Conneeley rode his at Angourie in ‘the innermost limits of pure fun’

        ben

ps - anyone got any good hints on how to ride these boards in beachbreaks ?

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Chip, I rode the Anderson Bojoroquez (sp) hull in beachbreak…just surfed as I would at any break, it worked great.

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dale, thanks! thats exactly the kinda stuff i was looking for.

now, if i could just get my hands on one, to look at it, and feel how it’s different…

i’ve got a 9’1 Y that i was planning on shaping an 8’6 mini-log type board out of… maybe i’ll just chop it down to 7’6 or so, and try to do something like that… it’s a triple stringer though… and i thought i read something about flex being important? anyone care to elaborate on that subject?

so what i’m getting out of all those, is that its a pretty good amount of belly throughout the board, with thin, pinched rails. 50/50 till the tail where they’re 60/40. or at least thats the basic idea?

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now, if i could just get my hands on one, to look at it, and feel how it’s different…

Careful! It could ruin your life. ; )

http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=494



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how about some more pics?!

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They look ridiculously simple at first glance…but the more you look, the more sophisticated they become…seamless blending of curves.